The Geography of MammalsK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 - 335 páginas |
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... characteristic of the Neotropical Region . Of the five FIG . 7. THE QUICA OPOSSUM . ( Didelphys opossum . ) generally recognised families two belong entirely to the Old World ; the other three - the Sloths , the Ant - eaters , and the ...
... characteristic of the Neotropical Region . Of the five FIG . 7. THE QUICA OPOSSUM . ( Didelphys opossum . ) generally recognised families two belong entirely to the Old World ; the other three - the Sloths , the Ant - eaters , and the ...
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... characteristic of its mammal - fauna . The Sloths ( Brady- podidae ) of the present epoch at least , are entirely arboreal J Smal in their habits , and pass their lives suspended by their limbs on the underside of the branches of trees ...
... characteristic of its mammal - fauna . The Sloths ( Brady- podidae ) of the present epoch at least , are entirely arboreal J Smal in their habits , and pass their lives suspended by their limbs on the underside of the branches of trees ...
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... characteristic form of the Greater Antilles -absolutely unknown elsewhere . The Insectivores are usually considered to be the most generalised of all the mammalian orders , and to be the least changed descendants of the ancestral group ...
... characteristic form of the Greater Antilles -absolutely unknown elsewhere . The Insectivores are usually considered to be the most generalised of all the mammalian orders , and to be the least changed descendants of the ancestral group ...
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... characteristic Mammal - families of the Neotropical Region . Finally , as regards the Monkeys , the Marmosets ( Hapa- lida ) appear to be represented only by a single species , which is an intruder into the extreme southern end of the ...
... characteristic Mammal - families of the Neotropical Region . Finally , as regards the Monkeys , the Marmosets ( Hapa- lida ) appear to be represented only by a single species , which is an intruder into the extreme southern end of the ...
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... characteristic of both Sub - regions . The western boundary is formed by the well - watered and forest - clad western slopes of the Andes , the waterless eastern slopes , together with the western slopes of Peru and Bolivia from the ...
... characteristic of both Sub - regions . The western boundary is formed by the well - watered and forest - clad western slopes of the Andes , the waterless eastern slopes , together with the western slopes of Peru and Bolivia from the ...
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Africa animals Ant-eater Antarctic Antelopes Arctatlantis Arctic Armadilloes Asia Atlantic Australian Region Bats beds belong Borneo boundary Bovida Cape Carnivora Celebes Cetaceans Chimpanzee Chiroptera closely allied coast confined considerable number contains Deer distinct districts Eastern Edentates endemic Ethiopian Region Europe existing extends extinct fauna forests forms genera genus geographical distribution greater number Indian Sub-region inhabitants Insectivores islands known Lemurs Macacus Madagascar mainland Malagasy Malagasy Sub-region Malay Peninsula Malayan MAMMAL-FAUNA mammalian mammals Marsupials Monkeys Monotremes mountains naturalists Nearctic Region nearly Neotropical Region North northern number of genera number of species occur Ocean Old World Opossum Order Oriental Region Otaria Pacific Palearctic Region Papuan Sub-region Patagonia peculiar genera Phalanger Phocida Pinnipeds Pliocene present range recent remarkable represented Rodents Sea-regions SECTION Shrews single species Sirenian South America Southern Squirrels Sub-family Sumatra SUMMARY AND DEDUCTIONS Tapirs three genera total number tropical Ungulata Ungulates Viverride Western whole widely distributed